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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,499,629 53.68% 1,294,093 46.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 509,120 18.22% 484,078 17.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 223,504 8.00% 169,656 6.07%
Management, except farm managers 158,367 5.67% 99,213 3.55%
Farmers & farm managers 11,357 0.41% 2,029 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 53,780 1.93% 68,414 2.45%
Business operations specialists 28,471 1.02% 35,002 1.25%
Financial specialists 25,309 0.91% 33,412 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 285,616 10.22% 314,422 11.25%
Computer & mathematical 64,573 2.31% 24,068 0.86%
Architecture & engineering: 63,486 2.27% 10,801 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 49,669 1.78% 7,347 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 13,817 0.49% 3,454 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 17,995 0.64% 12,255 0.44%
Community & social services 18,679 0.67% 26,440 0.95%
Legal 14,431 0.52% 16,286 0.58%
Education, training, & library 42,447 1.52% 108,057 3.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 28,779 1.03% 29,075 1.04%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 35,226 1.26% 87,440 3.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 27,380 0.98% 59,656 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 7,846 0.28% 27,784 0.99%
Service occupations: 172,547 6.18% 243,509 8.72%
Healthcare support 7,834 0.28% 44,994 1.61%
Protective services: 36,317 1.30% 9,807 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 23,064 0.83% 4,356 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 13,253 0.47% 5,451 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 58,634 2.10% 81,395 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 52,896 1.89% 32,880 1.18%
Personal care & service 16,866 0.60% 74,433 2.66%
Sales & office occupations: 260,049 9.31% 463,207 16.58%
Sales & related occupations 158,518 5.67% 152,210 5.45%
Office & administrative support 101,531 3.63% 310,997 11.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 32,121 1.15% 11,374 0.41%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 250,929 8.98% 12,838 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 146,765 5.25% 6,387 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 18,268 0.65% 620 0.02%
Construction trades 127,441 4.56% 5,725 0.20%
Extraction 1,056 0.04% 42 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 104,164 3.73% 6,451 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 274,863 9.84% 79,087 2.83%
Production 135,164 4.84% 49,622 1.78%
Transportation & material moving: 139,699 5.00% 29,465 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,997 0.14% 986 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 5,653 0.20% 539 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 64,887 2.32% 12,082 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 9,873 0.35% 1,430 0.05%
Material moving 55,289 1.98% 14,428 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,499,629 53.68% 1,294,093 46.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 54,790 1.96% 14,186 0.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 52,582 1.88% 13,889 0.50%
Mining 2,208 0.08% 297 0.01%
Construction 171,838 6.15% 23,033 0.82%
Manufacturing 254,920 9.12% 93,726 3.35%
Wholesale trade 78,157 2.80% 35,369 1.27%
Retail trade 165,964 5.94% 172,808 6.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 108,670 3.89% 42,315 1.51%
Transportation & warehousing 91,255 3.27% 35,816 1.28%
Utilities 17,415 0.62% 6,499 0.23%
Information 55,604 1.99% 40,065 1.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 70,607 2.53% 100,015 3.58%
Finance & insurance 40,074 1.43% 72,192 2.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 30,533 1.09% 27,823 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 152,060 5.44% 120,406 4.31%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 97,371 3.49% 79,660 2.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 451 0.02% 639 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 54,238 1.94% 40,107 1.44%
Educational, health & social services: 142,159 5.09% 399,055 14.28%
Educational services 75,148 2.69% 160,458 5.74%
Health care & social assistance 67,011 2.40% 238,597 8.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 103,683 3.71% 117,973 4.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 27,046 0.97% 24,660 0.88%
Accommodation & food services 76,637 2.74% 93,313 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 65,117 2.33% 70,262 2.51%
Public administration 76,060 2.72% 64,880 2.32%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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